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Artificial Intelligence

Applications Institute

Artificial IntelligenceApplications Institute

AIAI is a technology transfer organisation that promotes theapplication of Artificial Intelligence research for the benefit ofcommercial, industrial, and government clients

Based in the leading Artificial Intelligence group in Europe, and oneof the top in the world

Over four decades of world leading research and teaching

Over 25 years of innovative applications of Artificial Intelligence

www.aiai.ed.ac.uk

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AIAI Key Achievements Formation - a system to lay out all British Telecom Yellow Pages directories and to create

a new business area for Pindar Set Ltd for responsive marketing support and cataloguelayout systems. Winner of an award for innovative applications of AI in 1998

Expert Provisioner- a system for the RAF Logistics to assist with procurement of spareparts. Saves 30m per annum for the RAF and subsequently deployed to the British Armyand Royal Navy

EASE - system deployed throughout Europe to estimate occupational exposure tohazardous substances for health and safety regulations.

Fraud Detection - Case-Based Reasoning has been applied to screen applications forfinancial products with MCL Software

Ghostwriter- multilingual support for aero-engine maintenance procedures with BritishAerospace and Dassault Aviation (France)

O-Plan and I-X - command, planning and control agents to support non-combatantevacuation operations, US Army military operations in urban terrain, multinational coalition

operations, disaster relief, emergency response, Virtual Operation Centres (I-Rooms), etc Optimum-AIV - planning system for assembly, integration and test of Ariane payloads for

the European Space Agency

EUMETSAT - specification of the tele-command system for the European MeteorologicalSpacecraft Control Centre

International Standards - inputs to the development of standards for processspecification, workflow, enterprise modelling, web services, etc

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AIAI Technology Areas Knowledge-Based Systems: data mining, expert systems, knowledge

management, KBS methodology, ontologies

Planning and Workflow Systems: modelling, task setting, planning,

execution, monitoring and coordination of activities

Adaptive Systems: case-based reasoning: a technique for utilising

past experiences and existing corporate resources such as databases

to guide diagnosis and fault finding

Intelligent User Interfaces: intelligent agents, document presentation

and argumentation, dynamic creation of content

Intelligent Virtual Worlds: collaborative workspaces, virtual operations

centres, meeting assistants

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AIAI Application Areas Aerospace

Petroleum

Business Intelligence

Process Support and Workflow

Logistics and Supply Chains

Financial Advisory Systems

Documentation and Layout

Emergency Response Homeland Security

Bio-Informatics

Etc.

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AIAI Clients & Collaborators AIAI's commercial clients include: Adobe, AEA Technology, Aldus, Amoco, Arup, BBN Corp,Boeing, Bow Valley, BAE Systems, British Aerospace, British Telecom, Bristol and WestBuilding Society, Building Research Establishment, CISE, Conoco, CRI Denmark, Cycorp,Digital, EADS, Edify, Elf, Enigmatec, European Silicon Structures, ESEC, Exxon, Ford, GECMarconi, GlobalInfoTek, Hewlett Packard, Hitachi, IBM, ICL Fujitsu, Ilog, Intense Photonics,ISX, Kodak, KPI, Lattice Logic, Lloyd's Register, Lockheed Martin, Logica, MCL Software,Memex Technology, Metier, Motorola, Nationwide, NCR, Nynas, Pilkington, Pindar, Petroleum

Science & Technology Institute (PSTI), QinetiQ, Robertson Group, Rolls-Royce & Associates,Royal Bank of Scotland, Schindler Lifts, Seiko, Sharp, Shell, Slam Games, Standard Life,Teknowledge Corp, Texaco, Toshiba Corporation, UBS, Unilever

AIAIs government agency clients include:

UK: CCTA, DERA, Dstl, Fire Service College, GCHQ, Health & Safety Executive, Health &Safety Laboratory, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, RAF

Regional Authorities: Greater Manchester Country Fire & Rescue Service, London Fire &

Emergency Planning Authority, Greater Manchester Country Fire & Rescue Service

Europe: ESA, EUMETSAT

USA: DARPA, NIST, NRL, US Army, USAF AFRL, USJFCOM, USPACOM

Asia: DSTO, NCHC

AIAI academic collaborators include: CMU, Dartmouth College, Edinburgh ParallelComputing Centre, IHMC, Imperial College London, Institute of High Performance ComputingSingapore, MIT, National e-Science Centre, Potomac Institute, SRI International, StanfordUniversity, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, USC/ISI, University of Texas

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Working with AIAI

Application Development

proof-of-concept demonstrators

prototypes

software solutions

while transferring the AI technology and know-how toexperienced staff in the client organisation

Consultancy

advanced technology strategy studies surveys on technologies, methods and tools

advanced technology feasibility studies

Training & Visiting Scientists Project Support

http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/workingwithaiai.html

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AIAI Types of Work

Applied collaborative research

Develop/tailor generic methods, techniques and tools to meet specific

application requirements

Key achievements, deployments and widespread interaction with

industry, government agencies and other organisations

Technology transfer via contract research projects, consultancy

projects, hands-on workshops, continuing education/visitor

programmes, application development and other tailored corporate

support

Affiliate Programme for long-term stable relationships

Study Programme in AI Applications for visitor project support

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International Innovation in AI

More details at http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk

Brochures and key achievements at http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/i3ai/

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